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United States Patent | 6,035,339 |
Agraharam ,   et al. | March 7, 2000 |
A network information delivery system automatically determines end-user information output requirements based on predetermined data corresponding to each requesting end-user terminal. A user profile is maintained in a database either associated with a network information delivery system or with the end-user terminal and is accessed by the network information delivery device. If the network information delivery device has authority to access the end-user terminal, a program may be downloaded to the end-user terminal to determine the exact end-user terminal configuration. The program executing in the end-user terminal returns to the network information delivery device a user profile containing the end-user terminal capabilities so that the requested information may be formatted and delivered to the end-user in an optimal manner. The information to be delivered to end-users may be pre-stored in predetermined formats. The predetermined formats may be determined based on a volume of requests and the characteristic of the information. The information may also be stored in a generic format so that packaging the information for a specific user may be efficiently and timely performed.
Inventors: | Agraharam; Sanjay (Marlboro, NJ); Bruno; Richard Frank (Morristown, NJ); Cash; Glenn Lawrence (Matawan, NJ); Markowitz; Robert Edward (Glen Rock, NJ); Nurenberg; Steven Howard (Manalapan, NJ); O'Neil; Joseph Thomas (Staten Island, NY); Ramamurthy; Ram S. (Manalapan, NJ); Rosen; Kenneth H. (Middletown, NJ) |
Assignee: | AT&T Corporation (New York, NY) |
Appl. No.: | 816234 |
Filed: | March 13, 1997 |
Current U.S. Class: | 709/246; 709/228; 709/230 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 013/00 |
Field of Search: | 364/140 395/126 709/246,228,230 |
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